2012 VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER sliding

A WARNING
The path of the doors, tailgate and sliding/tilt-ing roof is a dangerous area. Injuries could be sustained here.
Unlocking the driver door manually
rl'11 First read and observe the introductory L-J.:.I.I Information and safety warnings & on page 413.
If unlocked manually, only the driver door is un-locked. Observe information on the anti-theft alarm 39.
Unlocking the tailgate manually
Fig. 290 In the vehicle interior: removing the cov-er in the tailgate.
rl'11 First read and observe the introductory L-J.:.I.I information and safety warnings & on page 413.
• Ensure that the child proof lock is not engaged.
• Remove the round cover from the interior trim on the tailgate 290.
• Push the release lever 291 @ in the di-rection of the arrow to unlock the tailgate.
4141 If and when
A WARNING (Continued)
• Therefore doors, the tailgate and the slid-ing/tilting roof should only be opened or closed when nobody is in their path.
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When carrying out manual opening or closing remove and Install parts carefully In order to avoid damage to the vehicle. • Fold the key bit out of the remote control key 36.
• Insert the key bit into the driver door lock cylin-der and unlock the vehicle. The anti-theft alarm re-mains activated. However, the alarm will not be triggered.
• Switch on the ignition within 15 seconds. When the ignition is switched on, the electronic immobiliz-er recognises a valid remote control key and deac-tivates the anti-theft alarm system. Fig. 291 release lever in the tailgate
m In some vehicles, there is a rubber stopper l!.J instead of the cover. Carefully lever it out with the screwdriver from the vehicle toolkit.

Closing the sliding/tilting roof manually
r-111 First read and observe the introductory L-J,.:.U information and safety warnings & on page 413.
• Take the screwdriver from the vehicle tool kit.
• Remove cover with the sliding/tilting roof rotary button. Use the flat blade of the screwdriver side-ways between the cover and the roof console and pull it downwards.
• Fit a commercially available hexagon key1) of the right size in the hexagon socket head bolt and push the hexagon key approximately 2 mm up-wards.
• Turn the hexagon key to close the sliding/tilting roof.
• Remove the hexagon key and fit the cover again. The cover should lie flush with the surround-ing parts.
• The sliding/tilting roof should be checked by a qualified workshop. The functioning and roll-back function of the sliding/tilting roof could malfunction if it is closed manually. Unlocking the selector lever lock manually
BSG- Fig. 292 Removing the cover of the gearshift gate.
r-111 First read and observe the introductory L-J,.:.lJ information and safety warnings & on page 413.
If the power fails in the vehicle (for example if the battery is discharged) and the vehicle has to be pushed or towed, the manual release mechanism must be used to put the selector lever in the N po-sition.
The manual release mechanism is located under the cover of the gearshift gate.
Preparation
• Apply the handbrake.
• Switch off the ignition.
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;;;: "' 1) Not included in the vehicle toolkit.
Removing the cover of the gearshift gate
• Using one finger, reach into the selector lever gaiter at the indicated Fig. 292 (arrow) and pull the cover upwards out of the dash panel.
• Pull the cover up and over the selector lever
Unlocking the selector lever lock manually
• Push the yellow release lever to the rear and hold it there.
• Press the lock button G) on the selector lever and put the selector lever into position N.
A WARNING
Never move the selector lever out of the posi-tion P if the handbrake is not finnly applied. Otherwise the vehicle could move unexpect-edly if it is stopped on an incline, which could lead to accidents and serious injuries.
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The automatic gearbox will become damaged if the vehicle is allowed to roll for a long period of time or at a high speed (for example while be-ing towed) with the selector lever in position N and the engine switched off. Practical tips 415

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Central control panel, California . . . . . . . . 204 Cleaning the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Countdown timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 206 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Programming the wake up time . . . • . . . . 207 Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . 43 Central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 42 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Locking from outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Locking or unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . 42 SAFELOCK mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Single door opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Unlocking from outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Central table Base position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 157 Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Lowering the table module . . . . . • . . . . . . 157 Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Moving the table module . . . . . . • . . . . . . 157 Opening the table surfaces . . . . . . . • . . . 157 Raising the table module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Centre armrest 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 78
Centre console, comfort version . . . . . . . . . 13
Centre console, standard version . . . . . . . . 12
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 420 After changing a wheel . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 425 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 More than one damaged tyre . . . . . . . . . . 420 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Wheel bolts . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Daytime running light in H4 halogen head-lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Daytime running light in H7 halogen head-lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 Dipped beam in H4 halogen headlights . . 435 Dipped beam In H7 halogen headlights . . 437 Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 In front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 in H4 halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . • . . 435 in H7 halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 in the LED headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 LED headlights . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 434 LED tail light cluster . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 442 LED tail lights . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
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Main beam in H4 halogen headlights . . . . 435 Main beam in H7 halogen headlights . . . . 437 Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Side light in H4 halogen headlights . . . . . 435 Side light in H7 halogen headlights . . . . . 437 Side turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Tail light cluster on vehicles with tailgate . 440 Tail light cluster on vehicles with wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Tail lights with LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Turn signal bulb in the LED headlight . . . 438 Turn signal light in H4 halogen headlights 435 Turn signal light in H7 halogen headlights 437
Changing gear DSG dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Selecting a gear (dual clutch gearbox) . . 264 Unlocking the selector lever lock manually .4.15 Warning and indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . 261 With Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 266
Changing gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Selecting a gear (manual gearbox) . . . . . 263
Charger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 451
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Checklist Before working in the engine compartment .352 Breakdown set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Broken down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 412 Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . 356 Checks when filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . 343 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 34 Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 252 Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Lifting the vehicle with the jack . . . . . . . . 423 Preparation for a journey . . . . . . . . . . 33, 252 Preparation for changing a wheel . . . . . . 420 Refilling the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Checks when filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 55
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Airbag sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 97 Approval categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Securing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Securing with a lockable seat bell . . . . . . 102 Securing with a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Securing with ISO FIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Securing with the top tether strap . . . . . . 101

Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Switching off the front passenger front air-bags............................. 93 Weight classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Chrome ............•................ 385
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Circuit breaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
City Emergency Brake function .......... 311
Cleaning see Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Cleaning the drain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cleaning the vehicle interior Cupboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Display of the central control panel, Califor-nia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Gas cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Refrigerator box, California . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Sink .....................•....... 253
Climatic see Air condilioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Climatic, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Climatronic see Air condilioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Cllmatronic, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Clock ................................ 20
Closing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Sliding windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Taiigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 42 Windows ...........•.............. 56 Wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Coasting function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Combined curtain and side alrbags see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Coming Home function ................. 112
Communication window ................ 116 Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Controls 2-seat arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Convenience closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Convenience functions Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Convenience opening Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Checking the coolant level . . . . • . . . . . . . 361 Filler opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Indicator lamp . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 359 Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . 360 Temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 359 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Battery monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
1W Fitting the adapter plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Removing the adapter plate . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Switching on and off.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cooling and heating box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Countdown timer Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Cruise control system (CCS) Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 297
Cupboards Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Curtain airbags see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94. 95
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Darkening the interior of the vehicle California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Multivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 392 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Data recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
DCC see Adaptive chassis control . . . . . . . . . . 317
De-icing door lock cylinders . . . . . . . 387
Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . 188, 406 Decorative film Caring for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Default settings of the mobile telephone Rear-seat telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Diagnostic connection . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 399 Diesel .............................. 345 Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 342 Filter preheater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Index 469

Electrical consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Electrical consum-ers ....... 145,164,242,244,331,339,412 Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Electric lumbar support adjustment . . . . . . 66
Electric pop-up roof, California . . . . . . . . . 221 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Electric sliding doors Disabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Fault .........................•.... 57 One-touch function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Opening ........................... 56 Roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 57
Electrolyte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Electronic differential lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . 275
Electronic Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . . 274
Emergency ........................... 411 Breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 412 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Making you and your vehicle safe 412 Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Emergency brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Emergency brake lights . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Emergency breakaway cable . . . . . . . 141, 145
Emission control system for diesel vehi-cles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Engine Noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 259 Not running smoothly . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 343 Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 12-volt sockets . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 164, 243 Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Non-authorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Engine and transmission guard . . . . . . . . . . 33
Engine code Finding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Engine compartment ................. . Cleaning ........................ . Coolant .......................... . Engine oil ........................ . Plenum chamber .................. . Preparation ...................... . Vehicle battery .................... . Engine coolant see Coolant ................. .
Engine fault ................... .
Engine idling speed increased ........................ . Engine management system .....•..... Indicator lamp .................... .
Engine oil .....................•..... Changing ........................ . Checking the engine oil level ......... . Consumption ................•..... Dipstick ......................... . Filler opening ..................... . Indicator lamp .................... . Refilling ......................... . Specification ...................... . Warning lamp ..................... .
Engine specifications ................ . Entering password Rear-seat telephony ......... .
Entering PIN code Rear-seat telephony ................ . Equipment Business ........................ . California ........................ . Multivan ... .
ESC ....... . ESP
350 387 358 353 387 352 362
358
407
366 407 407
353 357 356 357 356 356 354 356 354 354
450
190
190
180 192 175
274
see Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . 274 Event data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Event memory Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Exhaust purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,406 Automatic anti-dazzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 .............. ·····•········ Folding in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Exterior views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 5
External aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 External socket 230-volt power supply 245
Index 471

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Factory plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 134
Fault 230-volt Euro socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Adaptive chassis control . . . . . . . . . 317, 318 Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . 299 Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Area monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 308 Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Driver Alert System .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . 316 DSG dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Front Assist .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 308 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Lane change assist system (Side Assist) 313 Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288, 289 Radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 120 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 145
Fault finding . . . . . . . • . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fault memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 At the filling station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Checks when filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . 343 Diesel ............................ 342 Fuel ...........•................. 342 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Indicator lamp ......... , . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 342
Filling up Incorrect fuel . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 341
Filter preheater .......... , . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . • . . • . . 413 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 142
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Stowage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . 413
First user pairing Rear-seat telephony.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Flyscreen element Sliding window . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Folding out the table 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Folding table in the side panel . . . . . . . . . . 155 Assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Stowed ........................... 156 Stowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 156
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Folding table in the sliding door . . . . . . . . 229 Assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Foot mats . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Footwelllight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Four-wheel drive Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fresh water system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 239
Front airbags see Alrbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . 81
Front Assist City Emergency Brake function ......... 311 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 see Area monitoring system (Front Assist) .307 System limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Front passenger front airbag see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 87 Switching off with the key switch . . . . . . . . 93
Front scan system Swnching off temporarily . . . . • . . . • . • . . 310
Front seats Turning . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . 343 Diesel ............................ 345 Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 344
Fuel consumption Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 What increases it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
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Camping equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 Detecting a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Fuse box in engine compartment . . . . . . . 431 Fuse box in the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . 430 Preparation for changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
G 12 plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
G 13 ................................ 360 Gas bottle Changing . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Gas cooker Cleaning . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Turning off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Turning on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Manual closing or opening Unlocking the selector lever lock manually
Manual gearbox ..................... . Refer also to Changing gears ........ . Towing .......................... .
Manual opening Driver door ...................... .
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Manual opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . 413 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Manual operation of the pop-up roof Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Preliminary work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Securing the pop-up roof manually from out-side the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Mattress, 3-seat bench Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Long bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Medium-length bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Short bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Stowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Mattress, bench seat bed California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Mattress, California, bench seatlbed . . 196
Maximum speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
MEDIA-IN socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memory seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Metal-coated windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Metal-coated windscreen .....•......... 116
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Mirror mode . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 171
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Blind spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 121 Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Folding in the mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • • . . 122 Mobile online services see Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Mobile telephone Rear-seat telephony................. 187 Use without an external aerial . . . . . . . . . 399
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Modifications to the vehicle . . . . . . . . • . . . 394 Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Move 3-seat bench ..... . ............. 74
Moving 2-seat arrangement, Business . . . . . . . . . 185 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Bench seatlbed, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Multi-flex board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Multifunction steering wheel 27
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Assembling opaque shades for the wind-screen and the rear window . . . . . . . . . 176 Components of the opaque shades kit . . 175 Darkening the interior of the vehicle . . . . 175 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Fitting opaque shades for the windscreen and the rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Fitting the opaque shades to the side win-dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Removing and stowing the opaque shades .1.79
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 394
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Noises Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . 299 Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259, 345 Rear axle differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Supplementary heating system . . . • . . . . 339 Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Number of seats . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Business . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 California ..... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Multivan ........................... 64
Number plate light (LED) . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 434
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Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Oil see Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Old tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . 399
On line services see Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Opaque shades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 393
Opaque shades kit Fabric shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Roller blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Sliding blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 217
Opaque shades kit, California Integrated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 217 Removable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Opaque shades kit, Multivan Assembling opaque shades for the wind-screen and the rear window . . . . . . . . . 176 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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Fitting opaque shades for the windscreen and the rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Fitting the opaque shades to the side win-dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Opaque shades, Multivan Removing and stowing ........... , . . . 179
Opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 45 Electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Sliding door . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Sliding windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 42 Windows .......................... 56 Wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 53
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Black ice warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Overview Centre console, comfort version . . . . . . . . 13 Centre console, standard version . . . . . . . 12 Driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Driver side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . .. . • . . 14 Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 6 Headliner .................... , . . • . . 15 Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 25 Rear view (with tailgate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rear view (with wing doors) . . . . . . . • . . . . . 8 Side view ........................... 5 Turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . 107 Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 16
Overview of indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Overview of seats . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 64
Overview of warning lamps ... , . . . . . . . . . 16
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Pairing Rear-seat telephony... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Pairing mobile telephone Rear-seat telephony................. 190
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269, 272 Using the rear view camera system . . . . . 295
Parking aid see ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 287
Parking aid (front and rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Parking aid (only at rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Parking distance warning system see ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Parking light..... . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 109
ParkPIIot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288. 289 Signal tones and screen display . . . . . . . 290
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Using a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . 382 Wilh trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288, 290
ParkPilot (front and rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
ParkPilot (only at rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . 63, 262
Performance figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Additives . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 344 Filling the tank . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . 342 Fuel ..........................•.. 344 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . 341 Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Petrol engines Technical data . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Plenum chamber . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . 387
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 322
Pop-up roof Closing electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Closing manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Electric pop-up roof, California . . . . . . . . . 221 Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Manual pop-up roof, California......... 218 Opening electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Opening manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Pop-up roof bed . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . 219, 222 Safety net..................... 219, 222 Windows in canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Pop-up roof bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219, 222 Safety net . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 219, 222
Power closing . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 50
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Preheatlng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 258
Preparation Before every trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Breakdown set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 420 Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 433 Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . 356 Refilling coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Refilling engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Working in the engine compartment . . . . 352
Preparing for a journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Private mode Rear-seat telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Problem solving...................... 410
Programming the wake up time Central control panel, California . . . . . . . . 207
Protection from the sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Pull-away assist systems Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282